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Cooking Christmas Dinner 2011
My parents are out of town this year for Christmas so we’re saving our family get-together for Epiphany. Instead we’re having some friends over for Christmas Dinner tomorrow. This morning we got started with the cooking. S took W took … Continue reading
St. Nicholas Day 2011
Last year our St. Nicholas celebration was marked by S wrecking his truck. This year things were a little more peaceful. I did have a couple of electricians here restoring power to the children’s rooms while I was trying to … Continue reading
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Ten Tips for Cooking with Preschoolers
One of the things that we really enjoy doing with the children is cooking. They have been “helping” in the kitchen since they were old enough to sit in the highchair and I get a private chuckle every time we … Continue reading
Cheap Eats: Black-eyed Peas and Rice
This one is vegetarian, and also requires very little time in the kitchen. About two cups of pre-cooked black-eyed peas Two Tablespoons of frozen smoked tomato puree 1/4 cup of frozen roasted eggplant puree One medium onion chopped 3-5 whole … Continue reading
Cheap Eats: White Bean Casserole
One of the things we frequently do on the weekends is cook a pound of some dry bean. In the summer we often cook lentils, chickpeas, or black beans but in the winter we usually cook some kind of white … Continue reading
Top Ten Tuesday: Why Practice Hospitality?
I’ve been thinking about this a lot recently. We host a weekly open house supper for neighbors, folks from church, people from S’s office and others and while we enjoy it does really shape our week to a large extent. … Continue reading
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Convenience Foods (Vegetables)
One of the things I have learned over the years about frugal cooking and entertaining is the importance of stocking the freezer and pantry with foods that I can quickly incorporate into meals in order to either stretch a dish … Continue reading
Ten Snacks I Might Send to School
One of the things that will be changing in three weeks when F goes to school is our eating habits. Although I sometimes give the children a snack after lunch we normally just eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner. F’s school … Continue reading
Why Do I Love to Grocery Shop With My Children?
First of all let me say that I am not a shopper. The thought of going to a store without a list and an efficiency plan is incomprehensible to me. S goes to stores and wanders about looking for … Continue reading
Early Spring Pizza
Homemade pizza is one of my favorite go to dishes when I want something simple and fast.? I make the dough in my mixer but making it by hand adds very little preparation time. The dough recipe I use is … Continue reading
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